Chris Holmes

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BornJun 23, 1958

Christopher John Holmes is a musician who was born June 23, 1958 in Glendale, California and grew up in La Canada, California. Together with Blackie Lawless and Randy Piper, he was one the founding members of the heavy metal band W.A.S.P.

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Timeline

CHILDHOOD

TWENTIES

Holmes was a member of W.A.S.P. first from 1982 to 1990, and again from 1996 to 2002.

Prior to meeting Blackie Lawless and Randy Piper, and joining W.A.S.P., Holmes played guitar with Los Angeles bands Buster Savage, LAX, and Slave. Holmes joined W.A.S.P. in 1982, and remained with the group until 1990.

THIRTIES

199638 Years Old
In 1996 Holmes rejoined W.A.S.P., and remained lead guitarist until 2001.
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Holmes has not played with W.A.S.P. since.<br /><br /> Holmes was contacted by friend and former bandmate Randy Piper to join Piper's new project, Animal. Holmes quickly relocated to Ohio to prepare for Animal's upcoming "900 lb Steam" tour. The tour was considered successful, and after its conclusion, Animal recorded tracks for a new album. Read Less

FORTIES

200345 Years Old
After Holmes returned to Los Angeles in late 2003, he began working with several Southern California-based metal groups, producing and contributing guitar tracks.

200749 Years Old
In 2007, Holmes was involved with the filming of a Randy Rhoads documentary directed by Peter M. Margolis, which has yet to be released.

Holmes' contribution to the 1988 documentary is perhaps the most memorable, as he was interviewed while floating in a swimming pool, fully clothed and visibly quite intoxicated while his mother sat poolside. The interview stood out in stark contrast to the more light-hearted and humorous interviews conducted by director Penelope Spheeris, which mostly portrayed rockers as good-natured, though often dimwitted or deluded, party animals. During the interview, Holmes smiled drunkenly at the camera, deeming himself "a full-blown alcoholic" and "a piece of crap" despite his band's success, and punctuated his remarks by guzzling from three bottles of vodka. At the end of the interview, Holmes upends a full bottle of Smirnoff over his head as he rolls out of his inflatable chair and into the water. <br /><br />Chris Holmes has been married three times. First to Kaylen Rodgers in the late 1980s, then briefly to Lita Ford in the early 1990s. Read Less

He is now married to Catherine Sarah Holmes, whom he wed in 2012.
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The couple currently resides in Cannes, France.<br /><br /> Holmes is (probably) a Dallas Cowboys fan - a picture of W.A.S.P. during the period between The Last Command and Inside the Electric Circus features Holmes wearing a Cowboys helmet and the jersey of Ed "Too Tall" Jones. Read Less

201557 Years Old
On May 2nd, 2015, Chris Holmes released his second album worldwide and had his first concert in Nantes, France with his new band 'Mean Man' which consists of Thomas Cesario Guitar, Pascal Bei Bass and Folkert Beukers on the drums.
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Two of the songs were filmed live, and uploaded to his YouTube channel.<br /><br /> While a member of W.A.S.P., Holmes participated in the filming of the documentary film, The Decline of Western Civilization Part II: The Metal Years. The film included interviews with many well known heavy metal personalities of the era discussing their lifestyle and the metal scene in late 1980s Los Angeles. Read Less